Obama Urges World Leaders To Pressure Russia Out Of Crimea Through Legal And Diplomatic Actions

Published March 26th, 2014

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President Obama says there's no expectation that Russian forces will be dislodged from Crimea by force.

The president says Russian's annexation of Crimea isn't a done deal because the international community isn't recognizing it. But he says the fact is Russia's military is in control there.

He says it would be dishonest to say there's a simple resolution to what's taken place... and he's urging world leaders to use legal, diplomatic and political arguments to pressure Russia.

President Obama also says the build-up of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border appears to be an attempt to intimidate Ukraine but the troops are on Russian soil and it is Moscow's right to have troops there.